Thomas B. Edsall, who writes for The New Republic, is one of the most intellectually honest liberals I have read or heard. In a recent article, “Building Red America: The New Conservative Coalition and the Drive for Permanent Power”, he credits the rise of the Republican majority to their superior resources of anger, ruthlessness, and […]
Archives for October 2006
Houston, We Have a Problem
The tragic murder of a Houston police officer by an illegal immigrant who previously had been deported has lifted to high relief the city’s shameful “sanctuary” policy for dealing with illegal immigrants. The incident and the resulting outrage have forced the police department to revise the policy slightly, but arrests solely on the basis of […]
Enter Benedict with the Tough Questions
I’ve often thought that Pope Benedict XVI has his current job primarily because he was far and away the best choice to lead the Catholic Church’s primary mission of this century—to salvage Europe for Christendom—and because this mission cannot be separated from its corollary, which is to determine how Western Christian culture can coexist with […]
Dump the UN
What further evidence and insult do we need that the United Nations is a bad joke and should be evicted from American soil? Let the prima donnas from the tinhorn dictatorships and tribes with flags find accommodations in Port-au-Prince or some other such garden spot that will waive the parking tickets for their limos and […]
It’s Still All About Him
Bill Clinton never ceases to amaze. The Chris Wallace interview flap, which should have been an overnight story, has had media legs for over a week with no signs of abating. Was the act he pulled a spontaneous combustion or a pre-meditated strike? Who will ever know? If it was a pre-meditated outburst, it seems […]